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of Botanical Science
from living plants
instead of from books
alone -- as is too often
done. We shall immediately
make use of it
in the Ohio State
University.

Yours truly
N. S. Townshend

P. S. I find nothing
that I feel competent
to criticize, an occasionally
misspelled name is I
suppose almost impossible
to avoid – You are as
likely to use any thing
I have written, or to
use my name for reference
or in general commendation
of the work.

N. S. T.